Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
In March 2020, a week before stay-at-home orders were instituted by the City of St. Louis due to Covid19, St. Louis Art Supply’s co-owners Xena Colby and Carson Monetti saw the handwriting on the wall and closed the shop and adjoining Cornflower Cafe to the public. What’s happened since then defies expectations. Almost two years…
There are lots of activities planned in the neighborhood this holiday weekend, so be sure to get out and enjoy the best of what the CWE has to offer. Examples include exhibitions at three of the McPherson art galleries (Philip Slein is closed for the holiday), a month-long Holiday Pop Up, also on McPherson, and…
As Halloween festivities returned to the CWE, the task of choosing which contestants to feature in this post chronicling the main event was a challenge. What really struck me was how clever and creative the costumes were, case in point: “Over the Rainbow,” above. When Emcees Trish Bush and Jeremy Corray asked contestants who made…